Below you will find two links. The first, “Bush and Obama-The Master Strategists,” chronicles the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The second is then Senator Obama’s crucial speech on race during the 2008 campaign, “A More Perfect Union.”
Assignment: Watch “Bush and Obama” and “A More Perfect Union” and read Foner pgs. 885-897. In a 1 to 2 page response paper, discuss Obama’s successful candidacy. How did he win in 2008? Who voted for him? How was Obama for America an effectively run campaign? What is the central message of “A More Perfect Union”? Do you agree or disagree with his message? Do you think this helped him win the election?
“Bush and Obama-The Master Strategists” http://www.pbs.or
“A More Perfect Union,”https://www.youtube.com

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